Starring Anne-Marie Duff and Mark Bonnar, the new Apple Original podcast shares the incredible true story of the Robertsons, a young British family who sold everything they owned to sail around the world. When disaster strikes, their dream voyage turns into a desperate fight for survival in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The eight-episode podcast will premiere on Apple Podcasts on 10 November 2025.
With immersive audio, first-person accounts and exclusive interviews revealing never-before-heard details, Adrift takes listeners inside the Robertsons’ extraordinary journey, following parents Dougal and Lyn, their teenage son Douglas, 12-year-old twins Sandy and Neil and young hitchhiker Robin, as they find themselves hundreds of miles from land with no radio, few supplies and sharks circling. Stranded in the vast emptiness of the ocean, they must rely on ingenuity, instinct and one another to survive. But even surrounded by danger, the greatest challenges they face may come from within.
Adrift is brought to life by a searing original score and ambitiously cinematic sound design, created with sailors and sound recordists from around the world to tell the most complete version of the Robertsons’ story.